everyday morality: an introduction to applied ethics

Martin, Mike W. Everyday Morality: An Introduction to Applied Ethics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1989.

part 1 character, conduct, and relationships

- moral reasoning and applied ethics

- creativity, autonomy, and moral growth

- theories of virtue

- theories of right action

part 2 self-respect and integrity

- harming oneself

- self-deception

- weakness of will

- courage

part 3 respect for others

- rape and sexual harassment

- prejudice

- ridicule, rudeness, and snobbery

- envy and jealousy

part 4 sexual morality

- sex and love

- marriage and adultery

- homosexuality and homophobia

- pornography and fantasy

part 5 caring relationships

- parents and children

- friendship

- work

- community

- animals

being logical

McInerny, D. Q. Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking. New York: Random House, 2004.
mcinerny has taught logic to college students for decades at notre dame, the university of kentucky, and our lady of guadalupe seminary. the author of a book on thomas merton and three textbooks on philosophy, professor mcinerny lives in lincoln, nebraska.
part 1 preparing the mind for logic
part 2 the basic principles of logic
part 3 argument: the language of logic
part 4 the sources of illogical thinking
part 5 the principal forms of illogical thinking

philosophy

Law, Stephen. Philosophy. London: Dorling Kindersley, 2007.

stephen obtained a first class degree in philosophy from the city university, london. he continued his studies at oxford university, where he was a junior reaseach fellow for three years, and is currently a lecturer in philosophy at heythrop college, the university of london.

ch 1 inroducing philosophy

- what is philosophy?

ch 2 the history of philosophy
- the ancients
- the medieval world
- the early moderns
- the modern age

ch 3 branches of philosophy
- knowledge (scepticism / what is knowledge? / reason and experience)
- metaphysics (plato and the forms / mind-dependence)
- moral philosophy (what should i do? / so what is morality?)
- philosophy of mind (the consciousness puzzle / could a machine think?)
- philosophy of religion (does god exist? / the problem of evil / faith and reason)
- political philosophy (the liberal ideal / the common good)
- philosophy of science (the problem of induction / falsificationism)

ch 4 philosophy toolkit
- reasoning
- fallacies
- thinking tools

ch 5 who's who in philosophy
- introduction
- directory